Identifying the Effects of Place-Based Policies - Causal Evidence from Germany

The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the investment grant on regional outcomes. We find positive effects for regional gross value-added and productivity growth, but no effects for employment and gross wage growth

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Dettmann, Eva
Other Persons:	Brachert, Matthias (contributor) ; Titze, Mirko (contributor)
Publisher:	[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Deutschland \| Germany \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Kausalanalyse \| Causality analysis \| Beschäftigungseffekt \| Employment effect

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (40 p)
Series:	CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 5901
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 19, 2016 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2795928 [DOI]
Classification:	Z00 - Other Special Topics. General ; A11 - Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; H20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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